1867 Typical Die Clash TDC-1C-1867-01

Description

Cataloged by MadDieClashes and discovered by Michael Gassler, the TDC-1c-1867-01 represents a single clash event on an 1867 Indian Head Cent. On the obverse, the wreath and part of the C from CENT are clashed in front of the Indian princess's eye, and between feathers 7, 8, and 9 parts of the reverse wreath appear as incuse impressions transferred when the dies struck each other without an intervening planchet. On the reverse, the outline of multiple feather tips from the Indian's headdress can be traced from the shield along much of the wreath, and a fragment of Liberty's chin is visible above the O in ONE — demonstrating the reciprocal nature of die clashes, where both dies simultaneously receive impressions from the opposing die's design. James Barton Longacre's Indian Head Cent design pairs a Liberty figure wearing a feathered headdress with a wreath-encircled ONE CENT reverse. The 1867 cent was struck in the copper-nickel composition (88% copper, 12% nickel) introduced in 1860, weighing 4.67 grams with a 19 mm diameter and plain edge. Minted during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War, the 1867 Philadelphia issue had a mintage of 9,821,000, a modest total reflecting the post-war economic contraction. Die clashes on copper-nickel Indian Head Cents tend to survive better in the die steel than those on softer bronze dies used later in the series.

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